Student Showcase

Students enrolled in upper-division courses in French, German, and Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages produce academic and creative work that showcases their increasing proficiency in their languages of choice. Here are examples of the ways students in Modern Languages make use of their language(s) in the classroom, on the Web, in front of the camera, and on the stage.

Acting French

Acting French is designed to strengthen reading skills and oral command of the language through the study and performance of French plays. The spring 2011 students performed a modified version of Alfred Jarry's burlesque play, Ubu roi, and provided light musical entertainment in between acts.

French Composition and Stylistics

In this course, students explore a variety of expository techniques from description, narration, dialogue, portraits, to the writing of letters. This semester, students also wrote a collective story (a mystery) in which they worked sometimes individually, sometimes in pairs, and sometimes as a group to define, compose, and select the successive chapters composing the story.

German on Stage

German on Stage is designed to strengthen reading skills and oral command of the language through the study and performance of German-language plays. Below are images, recordings, and playbills from our students' performances.

Der kaukasische Kreidekreis

Spring 2011

Andorra

Spring 2010

Al principio

Al principio is student poetry journal published by the Epsilon Beta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Spanish Honors Society. Written exclusively in Spanish, the journal gives students the opportunity to publish their creative work. We also welcome contributions from faculty and staff. Send poems to Dr. Miriam Echeverría.

The Comedy of Errors / La comedia de las equivocaciones

From August 3 until August 8th, 2017, Dr. David Navarro's students performed a bilingual adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. A recording of the complete performance is streamable below.